Save or Splurge Thursday: Dramatically Different Moisturizer
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Is this a save or a splurge? Sure you can get moisturizer for far less, and moisturizer for far more. For me, this was my first splurge — when I was in high school, I bought this on my first trip to a department store makeup counter with money from my after-school job. It felt so indulgent to walk away with my very own bottle in a crisp shopping bag.
To this day, I’ve tried lots of different moisturizers, but I always return to Clinique’s. My skin is pretty “normal”: drier in the winter, a little oilier in the summer. I change my facewash and other skincare with the seasons, but I can pretty much use this moisturizer year-round.
It is $29.50 at Nordstrom and Sephora (which has additional sizes). For those with oil-prone skin, there is also a gel version. Dramatically Different Moisturizer
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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My ten-month-old wakes up regularly at night, sometimes in two-hour windows and sometimes a little longer, with what seems to be gas pains. She cries and sits up in the crib until I pick her up and nurse; then she fusses until she passes gas a time or two, then goes back to sleep. There’s sometimes more gas when she lies back down in the crib. We’ve started giving her a dose of gas drops before bed, but that doesn’t seem to be doing much, and it doesn’t seem to be tied to any particular food. She’s a good eater and has yogurt almost every day, FWIW. And I don’t see this any more on the days when she has gassy foods (beans, broccoli) than when she doesn’t.
Any advice? More gas drops during the day? Ask the pediatrician for a probiotic (or should I just order one)? I really feel like we could make some progress on sleep if we got this figured out. TIA, truly.
Lotion recs for baby/toddler (13 mos) with seasonal dry skin? I’ve tried Tubby Todd & CeraVe Baby and still no luck.
Are the toddler crib conversion kits really necessary? We have the Larkin crib from PB and were thinking of ordering the toddler rail before they stop making the crib, but do we need it? The back of the crib can be used as a headboard which we would ideally use it as his full size big kid bed one day. Is it too much to jump from crib to full at once?
Toddler board game rec – someone bought us Shopping List by Orchard Toys and my 3.5 year old really seems to get/like it. We don’t count the money properly, just tell him how many coins, but he gets the principle of the game.
I use the gel version of this moisturizer; the + doesn’t agree with my skin. I don’t know whether it’s a save or splurge, but I have tried others and always come back to this one for my daytime regime. Recently I upgraded to one of the Dramatically Different moisturizers plus the cartridge for specialized treatment, and I like that version even better. I use the green one for irritation. I was skeptical, but it has made a difference! It’s $39 instead of $29, though.
I’m not sure why Clinique doesn’t get more love in beauty circles. I guess it’s not trendy enough? I have super sensitive, reactive skin, and Clinique is one of those brands that just works and doesn’t make my skin hate me more than it already does. I skip their foundation — have never found one that I love — but I like many of their eye and lip products.
for those of you who’ve switched your kids or considered switching your kid from more of a daycare setting to more of a preschool setting – what made you decide to switch your kid or if you thought about it and decided not to – why?
Arg, I am so frustrated with myself. Somehow, I have managed to misplace all the teachers’ gifts and stocking stuffers that I’ve already purchased. They are somewhere in my house, but I have checked my top 4 hiding spots and they aren’t there! Does anyone else do this to themselves? (This seems to happen whenever I shop early. We also have a bunch of November/December birthdays to buy for, which makes it even easier to lose track of things!)
Need some help – my sister lives in upper west side in NYC – she broke her wrist last weekend. Was looking to send her something from a local shop to her home. Any recommendations? Thinking some comfort food etc.
To yesterday’s thread about ear piercing. Just saw a blogger post about a company that sells earrings + piercing services in select areas for in-home and at Target. Hey Rowan dot com.
sort of related to the above post about daycare/preschool – how important do you think it is for a kid to be in a program where the day is about as long as the day in kindergarten before starting kindergarten? like if my kid does an 8:30-12:30 program for pre-k, but then K is 7:30-2:50, will my kid be unprepared? we have a nanny who we LOVE and has been a lifesaver, but if we do a pre-k program from 9-2, it is harder for me to justify keeping our beloved nanny.
Any thoughts on ways to support someone whose entire household is very sick with covid? No one hospitalized so far thankfully, but the situation is concerning to say the least. They aren’t local which makes it harder.
My 5 year old is kinda obsessed with a friend in her class. They are in PreK4 together and were also in PreK3 last year together. She talks about this other girl all the time at home, plays with her every day in school, and seems to think about her a lot–what she likes, what she does, what she wears, etc. My daughter is pretty good in social situations, she is very verbal and seems to get along well with other children, her teachers love her, and she can be very charming, but for some reason she seems fixated on this other girl. For example, we did an outdoor playdate with a few kids from her class and my daughter was very distracted and almost distraught until the other girl showed up. She repeatedly asked where she was and why she wasn’t there yet, even though the other kids were playing with her. I don’t think I’m worried about this, but I’m not sure. It does seem kind of weird, but I don’t want to borrow trouble. Have others seen this happen with their kids? Do they eventually grow out of it? I’m mostly worried about next year when they will likely go to different kindergartens. Also, the other girl is totally fine and normal, and seems to like my kid, too, but not to the degree that my daughter likes her.
Any tips for a really long (~13 hours) road trip with an almost 3 year old? We’re hoping to only stop twice for fast food, gas and bathroom breaks for adults (kiddo is still in diapers). We purchased her a tablet and generally she does pretty well on long car rides but we’ve never done anything anywhere near this long.
DS is about 4.5 months and has started rolling over and sticks his legs through the slats in the side of the crib. Is this something I need to worry about? He hasn’t injured himself yet.